analyzing-apm-data

What problem does it solve?

This Skill guides users to analyze APM telemetry using the RED methodology to quickly assess service health, identify latency and error drivers, and prioritize remediation efforts.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Provides a clear decision framework on when to use metrics versus spans for APM analysis.
• Outlines discovery workflows, SMART patterns, and practical dashboards for monitoring service health and SLOs.
• Supports root-cause analysis by guiding drill-down from metrics overview to span-level investigation and trace analysis.
• Useful for incident response, capacity planning, and performance optimization across distributed services.

Quick Start

Analyze a running Observe deployment by first comparing per-service latency and error rates over the last 24 hours, then drill into the top offenders with span-level inspection.